Fish-hook-attaching device.



PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903.

C. A. ABBATH. FISH HOOK ATTAGHING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 15, 1903.

N0 MODEL 'tINiTen STATES Patented December 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. ABBATH, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,751, dated December1, 190

Application filed August 15, 1908. Serial No. 169.638- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. ABBATH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvementsin Fish-Hook-Attaching Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what I shall for convenience term a fish hookattaching device, the object of the invention being to provide a simple,light, and inexpensive article of this character which can be readilyconnected with fishing-lines of various kinds and to which hooks can beeasily and quickly united and removed with equal facility.

In fishing it is desirable to change hooks a number of times a day from'one size to another to meet different conditions, and to untie a hookfrom an ordinary line and apply a different one thereto are operationsthat necessitate the outlay of time. With small hooks, which necessarilyhave small eyes, certain sizes of fishing-lines will not pass throughsuch small eyes, so that to attach these small hooks to thelines thelatter must be divided orsplit, which weakens the same. By virtue of myinvention I overcome these obstacles.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification Ihave illustrated two simple adaptations of the invention which I willdescribe at length in the following description, the novelty of theinvention constituting the basis of the claim succeeding suchdescription.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of one form of thedevice. Figs. 2 and S are cross-sections taken at different points inthe length of the article. Fig. 4 is a View corresponding, to Fig. 1 andshowing the other form of the invention.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

Referring more especially to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the device therein shownconsists of a wire body bent upon itself at what is shown as its lowerend to form the branches 2 and 3, the branch 2 constituting the mainone, while the branch 3 constitutes the auxiliary one. As the branch 2is connected directly with the fishing-line, I have given it thedesignation main branch. The latter has at its upper end an eye 4 toreceive a fishing-line, which may be connected thereto in any convenientway. The eye 4 is doubled to prevent the detachment of the linetherefrom.

As previously indicated, the device is made from Wire, and to preventthe same from rusting it is preferably of brass. The branches 2 and 3are separated adjacent the bend to form a hook-receiving loop 6, theauxiliary branch being coiled around the main one, as shown at 5. Thecoil 5 is notin contact with the main branch or shank of the device; butthe terminal helices of the coil are closer to said main branch than theremainder of the coil structure in order to prevent the accidentaldetachment or upward slipping of the hook.

The only difference between the two forms of the device illustrated,respectively, in Figs. 1 2 and 3 and 4 is in the shape of thehookreceiving loop. The loop in the case of the first form isapproximately of circular shape, while in the other form it is ofsubstantially oblong shape.

To apply a hook to the attaching device, the end of the upper terminalhelix or whirl of the coil 5 is introduced into the eye at the upper endof the fish-hook, and the device is then rotated so as to carry the eyeof the hook along the lower coils and onto the loop 6, or the sameresult can be attained by holding the device stationary and moving theeye of the fish-hook along the helices of the coil until the eye reachesthe loop.

To remove the fish-hook, either of the foregoing operations Will bereversed. As the terminal helices or whirls of the coil 5 are closer tothe main branch or shank 2 of the device than the intermediate portions,catches are thereby presented to prevent the accidental slipping of thehook from place. When the hook is manually applied to the device, theeye upon the application of a slight pressure to the hook will readilysnap by these catch portions.

The removal of a hook from the device and the application of another oneinstead thereof are operations that will require but a Very short time,and the hook when in place is effectually prevented from accidentaldetachment.

The coil 5 may have any desirable number IOO of helices, and its lengthmay be varied Within certain limits. The device is usually made inseveral sizes to receive hooks from the smallest to the largest size.

The hooks are not connected directly to the line, but to the attachingdevice carried thereby, so that by means of my invention in case a fishshould swallow a hook he cannot bite the line in half, an accident thatis common where the hooks are directly united to lines in the customaryway.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- In afish-hook-attaching device, a wirebody bent upon itself to present main and auxiliary branches, thebranches being separated from each other adjacent the bend to form aloop, and the auxiliary branch having a coil surrounding the mainbranch, the terminal portions of the coil being closer to the mainbranch than the other ones.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. ABBATH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. GOVERT, ALBERT DIoK.

